Friday, January 18, 2019
Anne Sedgewick Hartley Jan 10, 1934 - Jan 16, 2019
A happy moment in a week of losses.
Dennis birthmother Anne Hartley, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, Jan 16. Dennis has been working on her care and affairs heavily for many months. She gave birth to him in 1953 and placed him for adoption. He was adopted by his parents Jim and Lanaya Barnes at age 3 months. Anne searched for him in 1986 and we have been part (sorta) of that family ever since.
She was married to his birthfather at the time and went on to two more sons. Her marriage broke up and she worked as a school librarian. She was also involved in various spirituality groups and played her flute at nursing homes at at her local Methodist church. She has lived at the Wesley Homes since 2009. She was struggling with dementia at the time of her death.
Picture taken at a 2007 Thanksgiving dinner with Anne on the left and Naomi and Ilana on the right. We were toasting something with our sparkling cider.
I have arranged to have her name read tonight at Temple.
She was one of the most loyal readers of this blog.
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